BBAuthors: Viswanathan, Varun; Advisor: -; Participants: Dias, Bina; Sawant, Vishal D.; Karnik, Prachi; Jadhav, Alka; Jadhav, Madhubala; Rodrigues, Blossom; Fernandes, Lavina (2022)
The term malnutrition includes overnutrition and undernutrition, referring to multiple conditions including acute and chronic malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Chronic malnutrition results from insufficient intake or absorption of essential nutrients over a period of time. Micronutrient deficiencies are a form of chronic malnutrition that can have various impacts on health, development, and productivity. Because visible signs are not always present, they are often referred to as hidden hunger (Lenters et al. 2016). Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) was divided into non-oedematous severe acute malnutrition and oedematous malnutrition previously characterised as marasmus and kw... 
